ABC's popular television series Lost has been praised as one of the most
innovative programs in the history of broadcast television primarily due to its unique
storytelling content and structure. In this thesis, I argue ...

This study explores ~ow South Asian diasporic film represents and reproduces
South Asian identity in the diaspora. It commences with a review of the literature in
cultural studies and post-colonial theory on identity in ...

Early in his landmark ecocritical book The Comedy of Survival, Joseph Meeker
develops an intriguing hypothesis about human behaviour. He remarks the species Homo
sapiens tend to behave like an invasive or pioneering ...

Within the crime film tradition there is a plethora of sub-genres all of which relate to
crime and its consequences. However, directors Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarantino
and David Lynch, all of whom create plots ...

As one of the most popular and well recognized staple characters of the James Bond film, the Bond Girl is both a cultural icon and phenomenon. The Bond film series was created in the 1960s and is based on the 1950s British ...

In 2007, Barry Bonds hit his 75 6th home run, breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record for
most home runs in a Major League career. While it would be expected that such an
accomplishment would induce unending praise and ...

The study examines the buddy film genre and the representation of masculinity in
relation to the homosocial and the homoerotic. As a genre, the buddy films focus
on male relationships, thematically seeking to mediate the ...

This thesis demonstrates that mUSIC stars who attain cultural icon status
heavily contribute to the fashion styles of the time. Where as style and music have
always had a connection, icons such as Britney Spears are now ...

This study examines coverage of lane-Finch in popular Canadian newspapers in
2007. It explores the often-negative representations of the community through conceptual
frameworks based on the work of Michel Foucault, Roland ...

An interdisciplinary approach is used to identify a new graphic novel genre,
'comics camet', and its key features. The study situates comics camet in a
historical context and shows it to be the result of a cross-pollination ...

This thesis examines the impact of the Soviet Union's collapse on the Russian
Symbolic as represented through popular cinema of the post-Soviet period.
The disintegration of the USSR in 1991 became one of the most ...

This thesis attempts to understand representations of death in contemporary
popular film within a framework that posits mortality as a category of particular social
and political importance for the way we understand both ...

This thesis is intended to contribute to critical discussion of the American male hero in
mainstream American war and action films post September 11, 2001 . The thesis
investigates how these heroes' behaviour echoes a ...

Mickey Mouse, one of the world's most recognizable cartoon characters, did not wear a
shirt in his earliest incarnation in theatrical shorts and, for many years, Donald Duck
did not wear pants and still rarely does so. ...

This thesis examines the religious dimension of fandom in popular music, taking
as an object of reflection Lady Gaga and her fans. I combine fan studies with theories of
immanence as well as Deleuze and Guattari's notion ...

By relying on existing cultural models, the Victorian spa promoted health
and wellness. Advertising, together with other forms of promotion, strengthened the
legitimacy of its claims to cure a variety of health problems. ...

In 2004, Lost debuted on ABC and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Its
postmodem take on the classic Robinson Crusoe desert island scenario gestures to a
variety of different issues circulating within the post-9II1 ...

In this thesis, I use "Fabricating Authenticity," a model developed in the Production of Culture
Perspective, to explore the evolving criteria for judging what constitute "real" and authentic Niagara
wines, ...

The topic of this thesis is marginaVminority popular music and the question of
identity; the term "marginaVminority" specifically refers to members of racial and
cultural minorities who are socially and politically ...

This thesis investigates two cases of Christian churches, which as
a part of their mission seek to accommodate people who would
otherwise not be interested in church. One of these communities
consider themselves a part ...